diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_girders.yml b/.github/workflows/release_girders.yml
index 3943641b..399f3f5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_girders.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_girders.yml
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up JDK 21
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: '21.0.0'
+          java-version: '17.0.0'
           distribution: 'zulu'
           cache: 'maven'
           server-id: 'ossrh' # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml